I think anyone who knows anything about the sport knows that NOBODY is clean, but that doesn't really register with the average person in the general public. That's who ultimately decides on his character reputation. What he did may be normal in the world he's in, but to the average folks they see it as him being lying, cheating, and deceitful.

Still, as someone with a direct family member dying of cancer I still think it was awesome to have someone like that to look to.